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NAMEelf_kind - determine ELF file type
LIBRARY
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
SYNOPSIS#include <libelf.h>
Elf_Kindelf_kind(Elf*elf);
DESCRIPTION
The elf_kind() function identifies the kind of file associated with its
argument elf. The argument elf is allowed to be NULL.
RETURN VALUES
The elf_kind() function returns one of the following values:
ELF_K_AR
The file associated with argument elf is an archive.
ELF_K_ELF
The file associated with argument elf is an ELF file.
ELF_K_NONE
The argument elf was NULL, or the ELF library could not determine
the type of the file associated with argument elf, or an error
occurred when processing.
SEE ALSOelf(3), elf_begin(3), elf_getident(3), gelf(3)
FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE June 1, 2006 FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE